yes and no.

if you click on my profile you'll find:
1- a list of the top 202 heavyweight kickboxers in the world.
2- a history of the top ten since i started the list at the end of 2000
3- a list of the lineal champions from cikatic to filipovic

although the k-1 matches throughout the world provide most [say, 90%] of the information, the list would continue if the k-1 went bankrupt. for example, dixon's show recently had andrew peck lose his rank to a huge croatian.

so yes they are rankings but no they are not directly connected to the k-1 promotional company.

a quick run down of how fighters are ranked:
-beat someone higher and take his rank just like taking a title.
-lose to someone ranked lower and fall 5 ranks.
-go one year inactive [jan-dec] and fall 5 ranks
-go two years inactive and fall 15 ranks
-go three years inactive and fall to the bottom of the list
-go four years inactive and fall off the list entirely
-if the only fight a fighter had ended in a no-contest it is just that and won't count towards his activity in the ring [a draw does count].
-a dq loss is a 5 rank drop regardless of whether or not the fighter is ranked higher than his opponent. his opponent will not take the rank.

how fighters are NOT ranked:
-personal opinion
-friendship with me
-titles
-tournament championships
-second or third fights in an evening
-who would win if....if whatever
-foot size or butt size or height or... you know.



anyway, when you read anything on ax written by me about heavyweights, you'll see where the fighters are ranked in the world today.

if you type the word "ranking" in the search engine, you will be able to find a few past topics and updates. there is one titled "felix's rankings" where several members said "they suck" and a few said "they're weird" and a very small number said "they make sense".


in an effort to not hijack my own thread, here are my picks [if the above matches happen]:

mirko but KO over mcdonald [prove me wrong michael]
leko by leg kicks over butterbean
hunt by ktfo over goodridge